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A Nation Of Meddlers 2 reviews
Charles Edgley, Dennis Brissett
Westview Press, 2000
the rot is deeper than you thought
Why does everything in America face its greatest challenge from the moralizers and the moral crusades that tilt in all directions here? This book will not answer exactly that question, but it will open your eyes to the incredible extent to which Americans have lost all sense for when it is ...
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Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health 21 reviews
Elliot Valenstein
Free Press, 2002
Rethink that "chemical imbalance" theory
+ The most important book I think a person can read.
+ Great Resource for Those Looking for a Critical Review of Biological Research of Psychological Phenomena
+ Blaming the Brain
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The Social Construction of What? 11 reviews
Ian Hacking
Harvard University Press, 2000
Balanced and helpful, but also frustrating
+ Hacking muses on social construction and philosophy of science
+ An Impolite Feud Properly Gerrymandered
+ Are the Science Wars a Social Construction?
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Causality and Explanation 1 review
Wesley C. Salmon
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
state of the art -- understanding an indeterministic world
If you were forced to rely on only one book on the philosophy of science today (2002), this would be the one. A collection of 26 essays, CAUSALITY AND EXPLANATION represents the state of the art. Salmon dedicates the book to Carl G. Hempel, who developed the deductive-nomological, or covering law ...
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Against Method15 reviews
Paul Feyerabend
Verso, 1993
Why science and why not astrology or voodoo?
+ Beautiful critique of so-called rationality
+ A classic read
+ Antidote to Big Science
+ A superb philosopher
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A Question of Values : Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives1 review
Hunter Lewis
Axios Press, 2000
Great book on values
Very easy to read. Helps the reader understand where his or her own values come from as well as other people's values. Great framework for analysis of self and others.
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics36 reviews
Ludwig von Mises
Liberty Fund Inc., 2007
Masterful - permit me to add a bit of humble insight however...
+ The best economic treatise ever written
+ human action
+ An unknown gem
+ The magnum opus of Austrian economics
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America: Freedom to Fascism113 reviews
Michael Ruppert, Sheldon Cohen
Cinema Libre, 2006
perfect stepping stone film
+ A Must See REGARDLESS of your Party!
+ America is still with their eyes closed
+ Would you like your microchip in your hand or forehead??
+ Aaron's finest work
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Rant in E-Minor91 reviews
Bill Hicks
Rykodisc, 1997
Billy Ray Cyrus cannot hide...
+ "Welcome to no sympathy night"
Excellent collection for Hicks fans old and new, this is a complilation of brutal, angry, ranting clips (in E minor) from the brutal, angry, ranting, and insightful late comic. My favorite Hicks album, it has the funniest and angriest clips as he screams, raves, and opines on topics just as ...
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You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression3 reviews
Matthew Rothschild
New Press, 2007
Reality Check
+ Yikes
+ An Important Book For Everyone
The author has captured chilling examples of government intimidation of citizens expressing their views. As Americans we face new threats to our freedom of thought and expression. Rothschild cites many examples of government repression that are hard to read. There is good reason to be afraid of ...
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Orwell Rolls in His Grave37 reviews
Charles Lewis (VI), Robert McChesney
GO-KART RECORDS, 2005
Gritty, not pretty, but pointed as hell
+ Orwell Was Right...Unfortunately
+ Exposing the illusion of diversity concealing a uniform deception
+ Bottom Line: '...an important work about America...'
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The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation (Ideologies of Desire)14 reviews
Edward Stein
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
The most groundbreaking work on the subject yet
+ Seriously? Anglo-American Philosophy?
+ A Critical Look at Sexuality
+ Challenging and well done
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Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars6 reviews
James Robert Brown
Harvard University Press, 2004
the best single book on the "Science Wars"
+ Democratising science
+ Not the Best Thing since Sliced Bread
+ Outstanding contribution to applied philosophy of science
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The Tyranny of Experts: Blowing the Whistle on the Cult of Expertise
Morris E. Chafetz
Madison Books, 1996
How authorities seek to influence America's political, social, and moral climate far beyond the bounds of their expertise.
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Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach8 reviews
Karl R. Popper
Oxford University Press, USA, 1972
A Splendid intro to common-sense epistemology!
+ Paradigm Shift in Major Key -- Not for Beginners
+ Pretty good
To those who've not read Popper before, I highly reccomend that you statrt now- and with this book. To those who have experienced these pages first-hand, you understand why Popper and the theories herein are so important. As short-windedly as possible, I'd like to say how I came to read him. I ...
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The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary3 reviews
Thomas Stephen Szasz
Open Court Publishing Company, 1990
The entire mental health profession is a load of crap!
+ Excellent
+ For people who dare to think
Szasz is a psychiatrist who realized that the entire mental health profession is a load of crap - and so are politics, religion, and American sexual morality. In "The Untamed Tongue," Szasz dissects the language of almost every single field of human "knowledge," exposing hypocrisy and obfuscation ...
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Liberty Bound4 reviews
Dan Snook, Michael Moore
Cinema Epoch, 2007
Provocative, profound, and deeply disturbing
+ A Compelling Work of Political Commentary
+ Provacative and Entertaining
+ A film that should be shown in American History classrooms...
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The Revolution: A Manifesto708 reviews
Ron Paul
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Ron Paul is brilliant...
+ Ron Paul's Manifesto: A Lesson in Liberty
+ a great book
+ The REAL change
+ A Wake Up Call
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Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy14 reviews
Michael Polanyi
University Of Chicago Press, 1974
Polanyi In Context
+ Superb (and it's not at all difficult to read or understand)
+ really good but difficult read
+ In response to "Good for it's time, but..."
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Addiction Is a Choice 31 reviews
Jeffrey A. Schaler
Open Court, 1999
Stunning insights on "addiction"
Amazing book. Certainly changes the paradigm of "addiction" ; the book reveals overwhelming evidence that people are responsible for their deliberate and conscious behavior. This will have great repercussions on how we have been handling people with "addiction".
The author is awfully harsh ...
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